Comments on: iPhone App Store Gold Rush http://www.cloudfour.com/the-iphone-app-store-gold-rush/ Expert Web and Mobile Design, Development and Strategy Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:58:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Silicon Florist’s links arrangement for January 23 : Oregon Startup Blog http://www.cloudfour.com/the-iphone-app-store-gold-rush/comment-page-1/#comment-3513 Silicon Florist’s links arrangement for January 23 : Oregon Startup Blog Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:12:48 +0000 http://www.cloudfour.com/?p=157#comment-3513 [...] The iPhone App Store Gold Rush Jason Grigsby writes “Don’t get me wrong. There are a lot of good applications being built based on solid business plans. And after evangelizing mobile for so long, I’m pleased that people are excited about the possibilities. It’s just important to recognize that it is a gold rush. During a gold rush, there is a lot of money to be made. But the part that makes it a rush is the irrational exuberance of the chase.” [...] [...] The iPhone App Store Gold Rush Jason Grigsby writes “Don’t get me wrong. There are a lot of good applications being built based on solid business plans. And after evangelizing mobile for so long, I’m pleased that people are excited about the possibilities. It’s just important to recognize that it is a gold rush. During a gold rush, there is a lot of money to be made. But the part that makes it a rush is the irrational exuberance of the chase.” [...]

]]> By: Dave Howell http://www.cloudfour.com/the-iphone-app-store-gold-rush/comment-page-1/#comment-3510 Dave Howell Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:34:19 +0000 http://www.cloudfour.com/?p=157#comment-3510 There's a lot of money to be made AFTER a gold rush too, assuming there's really gold in them thar hills. It's just that the post-rush money is made by those who struck gold and then built successful enterprises (i.e. mines) around it, and by the consolidators who let all the speculative prospectors kill themselves searching for gold, and then acquired the ones who both (a) struck it rich and (b) underestimate the value of their claim. The iPhone app development ecosystem will consolidate. No doubt about it. But Apple has set up some very interesting constraints on apps that effectively prevent a Microsoft or Adobe from emerging from the chaos. Unlike the desktop software world, you can't build a suite of iPhone apps and system components that work together and share media, settings, and data. Each app operates in an isolated silo. This puts a damper on the network effect that strengthens Microsoft Office's supplier power in Apple's desktop supply chain. Sure, the Internet allows apps to share data, but that requires a web connection. iPhone apps can't share Cloud data on an airplane. Due to Apple's clever ecosystem engineering, I think the consolidation in the iPhone world will tend to form strong, well-organized, nimble development teams, rather than the large IP portfolios and application suites we've seen come from desktop app consolidation. There’s a lot of money to be made AFTER a gold rush too, assuming there’s really gold in them thar hills. It’s just that the post-rush money is made by those who struck gold and then built successful enterprises (i.e. mines) around it, and by the consolidators who let all the speculative prospectors kill themselves searching for gold, and then acquired the ones who both (a) struck it rich and (b) underestimate the value of their claim.

The iPhone app development ecosystem will consolidate. No doubt about it. But Apple has set up some very interesting constraints on apps that effectively prevent a Microsoft or Adobe from emerging from the chaos. Unlike the desktop software world, you can’t build a suite of iPhone apps and system components that work together and share media, settings, and data. Each app operates in an isolated silo. This puts a damper on the network effect that strengthens Microsoft Office’s supplier power in Apple’s desktop supply chain.

Sure, the Internet allows apps to share data, but that requires a web connection. iPhone apps can’t share Cloud data on an airplane.

Due to Apple’s clever ecosystem engineering, I think the consolidation in the iPhone world will tend to form strong, well-organized, nimble development teams, rather than the large IP portfolios and application suites we’ve seen come from desktop app consolidation.

]]> By: Kathleen McDade http://www.cloudfour.com/the-iphone-app-store-gold-rush/comment-page-1/#comment-3509 Kathleen McDade Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:13:55 +0000 http://www.cloudfour.com/?p=157#comment-3509 So, supposedly the people who really made money during the Gold Rush were those who made and/or sold picks (and probably other supporting tools and equipment). What are the picks in the iPhone app business? So, supposedly the people who really made money during the Gold Rush were those who made and/or sold picks (and probably other supporting tools and equipment). What are the picks in the iPhone app business?

]]> By: Silicon Florist’s links arrangement for January 23 » Silicon Florist http://www.cloudfour.com/the-iphone-app-store-gold-rush/comment-page-1/#comment-3508 Silicon Florist’s links arrangement for January 23 » Silicon Florist Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:04:30 +0000 http://www.cloudfour.com/?p=157#comment-3508 [...] The iPhone App Store Gold Rush Jason Grigsby writes “Don’t get me wrong. There are a lot of good applications being built based on solid business plans. And after evangelizing mobile for so long, I’m pleased that people are excited about the possibilities. It’s just important to recognize that it is a gold rush. During a gold rush, there is a lot of money to be made. But the part that makes it a rush is the irrational exuberance of the chase.” [...] [...] The iPhone App Store Gold Rush Jason Grigsby writes “Don’t get me wrong. There are a lot of good applications being built based on solid business plans. And after evangelizing mobile for so long, I’m pleased that people are excited about the possibilities. It’s just important to recognize that it is a gold rush. During a gold rush, there is a lot of money to be made. But the part that makes it a rush is the irrational exuberance of the chase.” [...]

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